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Traditional Literacy Standards from the

Alabama Course of Study in Language Arts

Laptop Literacy Activities are in RED.

First Grade

  • Demonstrate a growing awareness of the concept of story.  Blogs
  •  Identify upper- and lower-case letters. Starfall website
  • Exhibit phonemic awareness. Starfall website, PowerPoints on fluency and nonsense words
  • Demonstrate understanding of letter-sound relationships. Starfall web site
  • Begin to use patterns in language to create meaning.
  • Comprehend material read, heard, or viewed. PowerPoints and Blogs
  • Exhibit the habit of reading for a substantial amount of time daily, including assigned and self-selected materials at their independent and instructional levels. Blogs and Internet Research
  • Read a variety of written material. Internet research, PowerPoints based on books, blogs
  • Demonstrate reading improvement gained through substantial amounts of daily reading.
  • Recognize values, beliefs, and interests reflected in literature and other materials from various cultures. PowerPoints and E-sheets
  • Read orally with accuracy, fluency, and comprehension. E-sheets
  • Demonstrate an interest in and enjoyment of literature in a variety of forms and contexts. WebQuests
  • Connect knowledge learned in the language arts program to life situations.  PowerPoints
  • Apply study strategies.  Research for PowerPoints and WebQuests
  • Use appropriate sources for obtaining information.  Research for PowerPoints and WebQuests
  • Demonstrate appropriate listening and speaking behaviors.
  • Exhibit expanded sentence awareness and vocabulary. Writing stories
  • Participate in the writing process. Writing stories, making PowerPoints
  • Begin to use conventional mechanics and spelling when editing written expression. Using Word Processing to write stories
  • Apply proper use of grammar for written and spoken communication.
  • Use writing as a tool for expressing thoughts in all disciplines.  Story writing, poetry writing, and putting both forms into PowerPoints
  • Write using manuscript.
  • Use available technology for expression. Word processing, PowerPoint, Cinquains, Acrostics, Blogs, Digital Photography.
  • Exhibit increased participation in self-expression in a variety of forms. PowerPoints and Blogs

Second Grade

  • Understand the concept of story. Creating PowerPoints that relate to stories we have created.
  • Demonstrate the ability to use decoding skills to blend sounds and form words. Dolch Word PowerPoint
  • Manipulate the sounds of the English language. Dolch Word PowerPoint
  • Read material across the curriculum by applying appropriate strategies. Research for PowerPoints and Virtual Field Trips.
  • Use patterns in language to create meaning.
  • Exhibit the habit of reading for a substantial amount of time daily, including assigned and self-selected materials at their independent and instructional levels. Reading on Internet, blogs, and Virtual Field Trips
  • Read and comprehend a variety of material. Research and reading web sites and creating PowerPoints
  • Demonstrate reading improvement gained through substantial amounts of daily reading. Research and reading web sites and creating PowerPoints
  • Demonstrate an interest in and enjoyment of literature in a variety of forms and contexts.
  • Read orally with accuracy, fluency, and comprehension. Enchanted Learning website and Dolch Word PowerPoints
  • Associate knowledge learned in the language arts program to life situations. PowerPoints, Virtual Field Trips, and WebQuests
  • Identify values, beliefs, and interests reflected in literature and other materials from various cultures. Responding to literature through blogging
  • Demonstrate appropriate listening and communicating behaviors. Blogs, PowerPoints, and E-sheets
  • Exhibit expanded vocabulary and sentence awareness. Creating PowerPoints as writing lessons
  • Apply study strategies. Using research to gain information
  • Use appropriate sources for obtaining information. Using a hotlist of reading sites and bookmarked web pages
  • Use the writing process when creating different forms of written expression. 
  • Use conventional mechanics and spelling when editing written expression.
  • Apply principles of grammar in written expression.  PowerPoints, Blogs
  • Use descriptive and narrative writing to clarify thinking in all disciplines.
  • Write using legible manuscript.
  • Use available technology for expression. Creating e-portfolios, cinquains, acrostics, PowerPoints, E-sheets, digital photography, and Virtual Field Trips.
  • Exhibit an increased facility in self-expression in a variety of forms.

 

 

 

Information Literacy Standards

Standard 1—The student who is information literate accesses information efficiently and effectively.

 

Indicator 1           Recognizes the need for information

                             Laptop Literacy Activities:  E-sheets, Creating PowerPoint Presentations

 

Indicator 2           Recognizes that accurate and comprehensive information is the basis for intelligent decision making

                             Laptop Literacy Activities:  E-sheets, WebQuests, Digital Photography

 

Indicator 3           Formulates questions based on information needs

                             Laptop Literacy Activities:  E-sheets, Creating PowerPoint Presentations

 

Indicator 4           Identifies a variety of potential sources of information

                             Laptop Literacy Activities:  Researching on the Internet using age-appropriate sites


Standard 2—The student who is information literate evaluates information critically and competently.

 

Indicator 1           Determines accuracy, relevance, and comprehensiveness

                             Laptop Literacy Activities:  E-sheets, Responding to literature through blogging

 

Indicator 2           Distinguishes among fact, point of view, and opinion

                             Laptop Literacy Activities:  E-sheets, story elements web sites

 

Indicator 3           Identifies inaccurate and misleading information

                             Laptop Literacy Activities:  E-sheets, Researching on the Internet

 

Indicator 4           Selects information appropriate to the problem or question at hand

                   Laptop Literacy Activities:  E-sheets, Blogging, Creating PowerPoint Presentations, Digital Photography Scavenger Hunt

 

Standard 3—The student who is information literate uses information accurately and creatively.

 

Indicator 1           Organizes information for practical application

                             Laptop Literacy Activities: PowerPoint presentations and E-sheets

 

Indicator 2           Integrates new information into one’s own knowledge

Laptop Literacy Activities: PowerPoint presentations and E-sheets

 

Indicator 3           Applies information in critical thinking and problem solving.

Laptop Literacy Activities: Responding to literature through the classroom blog and Virtual Field Trip of the Castle

 

Indicator 4           Produces and communicates information and ideas in appropriate formats.

                             Laptop Literacy Activities: PowerPoints and Digital Photography Scavenger Hunt

 

Information Literacy Standards from: Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning
By the American Association of School Librarians and the Association for Educational CommunicationsTechnology.